The OffFest winners will be announced alongside the main Offies Awards on 30th March at Central Hall, Westminster, hosted by Divina De Campo.
Having launched in 2019, OffFest was created to ensure that work premiering in festival contexts to receive recognition within the OffWestEnd ecosystem. While the Offies were designed to celebrate productions staged in London across the year, OffFest acknowledges that some of the most urgent and innovative theatre begins life at festivals.
This year’s nominees span Edinburgh Fringe, Brighton Fringe, Camden Fringe and Voila! Festival, ranging from National Theatre of Scotland and Handspring Puppet Company to emerging artists presenting new work.
The full nominees are as follows:
Brighton Fringe
Duty / Twilight Theatre / The Lantern Theatre
Electra / The Conor Baum Company / BN1 Arts Centre
HOW TO KILL A CHICKEN / Let Luz Productions / The Actors
Camden Fringe
Am I Losing My Mind Or Just My Figure? / Untethered + Hinterland / Etcetera Theatre
Anthropocene / Ben Wendel and Emily Hawkins / Barons Court Theatre
Buds, Revolt! / Stephanie Chu / Hen & Chickens Theatre
Every Great Man / RamPage Theatre / The Cockpit
MISS / Miss Production Team / Lion & Unicorn Theatre
None of Them Will Get Out Alive / Samuel Winner / Hen & Chickens Theatre
Richard II / The Whole Pack Theatre / Libra Theatre Café
Scene with Black Folk / Joy Nesbitt / Camden People’s Theatre
Spin Cycle / Berserk Theatre / Etcetera Theatre
Transient / Until The Next Productions / Bridewell Theatre
WILT / Segments Company / Bridewell Theatre
Edinburgh Fringe
4’s a Crowd (Or What Not to Do When Stuck in a Bunker During the Apocalypse) / The Fiascoholics / theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
AH-MA / Cathy Lam Arts Collective / theSpace @ Niddry Street
ALTAR / Extraterrestrial; Em Tambree / Underbelly George Square
AN ADEQUATE ABRIDGEMENT OF BOARDING SCHOOL LIFE AS A HOMO / Choir Boys Productions / Underbelly Cowgate
Alright Sunshine / Wonder Fools / Pleasance Dome
An Ode to the Casting Director / Sophie Fisher / Gilded Balloon Patter House
Body Count / White Noise Theatre / Pleasance Courtyard
CADEL: Lungs on Legs / Piper Productions / Underbelly Cowgate
Clean Slate / The Project People / Summerhall
Club NVRLND / RJG Productions / Assembly Checkpoint
Crocodile Tears / Shark Bait Theatre / theSpace @ Venue 45
Disco 2000 / Hedge Maze Theatre / Greenside @ Riddles Court
Do Astronauts Masturbate in Space / Briony Martha & Zak Reay-Barry / Greenside @ Riddles Court
Do You Accept These Charges? / Suzanna Rosenthal Productions / Pleasance Courtyard
Faustus in Africa! / Handspring Puppet Company / Royal Lyceum Theatre
Frozen Love: A Buckingham Nicks Story / ERA Theatrical Productions / theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
Fuselage / Suzanna Rosenthal Productions / Pleasance Courtyard
Goodness Me / Joan of All Trades / Paradise Green
Hold the Line / Sam Macgregor & Gabriela Chanova / Pleasance Courtyard
Hole! / American Sing-Song / Underbelly Cowgate
Lost Property / Amelia Dunn & Tuia Suter / theSpace @ Venue 45
Make It Happen / National Theatre of Scotland / Festival Theatre
Midnight At The Palace / Midnight At The Palace Ltd / Gilded Balloon Patter House
Nowhere: Fuel / Fuel / Traverse Theatre
Ohio / Francesca Moody Productions / Assembly Roxy
Ordinary Decent Criminal / Paines Plough / Summerhall
Outing / Unseen Theatre / theSpace @ the Mile
PALS / Mirren Wilson / Gilded Balloon
Paldem / Summerhall Arts / Summerhall
Rock of Ages / Bare Productions / St John’s Church
Small Town Boys / Shaper/Caper / Zoo Southside
Squidge / White Noise Theatre / Pleasance Courtyard
Strangers And Revelations / Unshaded Arts / theSpace @ Venue 45
The Other Mozart / Little Matchstick Factory / Assembly George Square
The Pornstar Martini Effect / 52 Theatre Co / theSpace @ Niddry Street
The Queen is Mad / Castile Collective Ltd / Zoo Southside
This Blighted Star / Underbelly / Underbelly George Square
Triptych Redux / Lewis Major Projects / Zoo Southside
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG / Geez a Break Productions / theSpace @ the Mile
Who We Become: One-Acts by Lanford Wilson / Deep Flight Productions / theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
Woman in the Arena / Jade Studio / Greenside @ George Street
Woody Fu: One Man John Wick / Penguintown Media / Assembly George Square
Voila!
Be Gay, for God’s Sake / Oh My My / Theatre Deli
Comfort / Giannine Tan / Barons Court Theatre
Hansal & Geetal / Two2Mango / Etcetera Theatre
Hecuba: Why Am I In Your Country? / Arwa Omaren with Refuge Media Productions CIC / Theatro Technis
If I Were to Say It in English / Thea Lungu / Etcetera Theatre
Imprints / The Palimpsest Project / The Cockpit
Naran Ja / logica picnic / The Playground Theatre
Superstar In Therapy / Rania Kurdi / Etcetera Theatre
The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin / TG WORKS / The Cockpit
Denholm Spurr, Executive Producer of the Offies, said: “Festival theatre often runs for days, not weeks. It operates with tighter budgets and fewer safety nets. Yet it is frequently where the most urgent ideas emerge. OffFest ensures that this work is not overlooked simply because it was fleeting.
It is a vital extension of the Offies model – broadening our reach beyond the capital, strengthening career pathways, and ensuring that recognition within the independent sector reflects the full ecology of how theatre is actually made in the UK today.”
To find out more visit: https://offies.london/